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    Chinese General With Only 100 Men Made An Army of 150,000 Retreat
    According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Zhuge Liang had to defend a town with a mere 100 troops against an army of 150,000. He hid his men, flung open the gates, and sat on the walls playing a lute. The opposing general of Wei, Sima Yi, certain it was a trap, ordered a retreat.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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